Thierry Mugler - Spring 1997 Couture

Thierry Mugler Spring/Summer (1997)

i'm on the dark side sinnin' and grinnin' then you let me in fill you up with passion and rage i stroke you slow, deep and under try to make you wonder just why you feel so violently strange?

sascha vykos wearing thierry mugler spring 1997 couture

this was probably my most ambitious project yet, and i'm very glad to have finished it while my head's in stitches :D

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tHiErRy MuGlEr HaUtE cOuTuRe SpRiNg 1997 🧚🏽‍♂️

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Thierry Mugler Haute Couture Spring/Summer 1997 Full Show | EXCLUSIVE | HQ

Thierry Mugler, Les Insectes collection, haute couture spring/summer 1997

Rubber suit, “tire” effect Collaboration with Abel Villarreal

© Patrice Stable

Thierry Mugler spring 1997 Haute Couture

Thierry Mugler Spring 1997 Couture

Thierry Mugler Spring 1997 Couture

Violeta Sanchez in Thierry Mugler Haute Couture Spring/Summer 1997, “Les Insectes” corset by Mr Pearl. Photo by Dominique Issermann. Text and image via @thevampireswardrobe

1997 Fashion Big Bang

exhibition Palais Galliera, Paris 2023

Alexandre Samson (sous la direction de), Miren Arzalluz, Franck Delpal, Colleen Hill, Marc Lambron, Sylvie Lécallier

Paris Musées, Paris 2023, 192 pages, 140 illustrations, 23,6x31,5 cm, ISBN 9782759605477

euro 44,00

email if you want to buy [email protected]

From 7 March to 16 July 2023, the Palais Galliera is organising an exhibition focusing on the year 1997, a watershed year in the history of contemporary fashion. 1997 was both a high point of 1990s fashion and the gateway to the new millennium. It brought a flurry of collections, shows, new appointments, openings and events that defined the fashion scene as we know it today. Such was its impact that 1997 can be thought of as the launching pad for 21st century fashion. 1997 was notable for a number of emblematic collections: bodies deformed by Comme des Garçons with the Body Meets Dress, Dress Meets Body collection, Martin Margiela’s conceptualised garments in the Stockman collection, and Raf Simons’s redefinition of the canons of male beauty in the Black Palms collection. The magazine Vogue Paris defined the 1997 Spring-Summer haute couture season as the ‘Big Bang’ that Paris needed in order to regain its place as the international capital of fashion in an era of economic crisis and intense global competition. But there’s no denying that 1997 was a vintage year. It saw the arrival in haute couture of star designers from the 1980s, such as Jean Paul Gaultier and Thierry Mugler, while the legendary French fashion houses were taken over by a new generation of British designers, with Alexander McQueen at Givenchy and John Galliano at Christian Dior.

The globalisation of fashion gathered pace, foreshadowing the 2000s and 2010s. Young, little-known artistic directors rose to prominence, either on their own or at the head of major fashion houses: Hedi Slimane, Stella McCartney, Nicolas Ghesquière, Olivier Theyskens – names that are still shaping fashion today. A whole series of events marked the beginning of the new era: the concept store Colette opened and stayed at the epicentre of fashion for the next 20 years. But also, that same year, the world of fashion was shaken by the tragic death of Gianni Versace. The chronological layout of the exhibition features over 50 silhouettes from the Palais Galliera collections, along with loans from museums and international collectors and fashion houses. And it also includes videos and some outstanding archive documents. The exhibition 1997 Fashion Big Bang is an invitation to discover or to relive key events from this ‘explosive’ year in fashion history.

13/12/23

Thierry Mugler - Spring 1997 Couture

In just two weeks, we will welcome you to Thierry Mugler: Couturissime. 🪡

In addition to haute couture designs, stage costumes, photography, films, and unpublished archives, this presentation expands on previous exhibitions in Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, and France to introduce an entirely new section dedicated to fragrance. With a wide-ranging career that spanned five decades and has been immortalized in music, film, fashion, design, and culture at-large, Thierry Mugler’s work continues to influence new generations.

Plan your visit to see #Couturissime between November 18 and May 7, 2023. 🎟 https://bit.ly/ThierryMuglerBkM

🎥 Prêt-à-Porter Fall/Winter 1995–96 collection (“Cirque d’Hiver”) and Haute couture Spring/Summer 1997 collection (“Les Insectes”). Courtesy of Mugler Archives and Videopolis

Thierry Mugler Haute Couture Spring/Summer 1997

Model: Irina Pantaeva

thierry mugler haute couture spring/summer 1997

Thierry Mugler Spring 1997 Couture. Photos by Condé Nast Archive (via Vogue)